Quotes of: Civilized Keyword

Fain would we remain barbarians, if our claim to civilization were to be based on the gruesome glory of war.

The Book of Tea

The only way to get gay issues off the front pages of Canadian newspapers is to grant gay and lesbian people our full civil equality and leave it alone.

Dan Savage

By 3000 B.C. the art of Egypt was so ripe and so far advanced that it is surprising to find any student of early culture proposing that the crude contemporary art of the early Babylonians is the product of a civilization earlier than that of the Nile...

James Henry Breasted

The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art.

Ralph Adams Cram

Truth and untruth weave the seamless web of human nature.

The Illusion of Technique: A Search for Meaning in a Technological Civilization

What you find in the mirror you will find in the reality it mirrors.

The Illusion of Technique: A Search for Meaning in a Technological Civilization

For society, marriage is undoubtedly beneficial. But the burdens of civilized morality are too heavy for many to bear.

The Interpretation of Murder

The philosopher cannot seriously put to himself questions that his civilization has not lived.

Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy

The cleanest civilization I’ve ever seen…and the number one thing you pack for a wedding is a jar of dirt?

Relativity

Whatever may be their use in civilized societies, mirrors are essential to all violent and heroic action.

A Room of One's Own

Sheer human decency and civility are two of the most important contributions to our community life that women of courage can make.

Lighten Up

If civilization is to survive, it must live on the interest, not the capital, of nature.

A Short History of Progress

Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet. They are what we call civilization.

The Poisonwood Bible

I can assure you that no kingdom has ever had as many civil wars as the kingdom of Christ.

The Persian Letters

The mark of the truly civilized is their (truly baffling to the likes of you and me) patience with what truly baffles.

Tales of Nevèrÿon

Kalau Islam berarti menyerahkan diri, maka kita semua hidup dan mati dalam Islam - Goethe

Unity and Variety in Muslim Civilization

Kalau dalam bidang keagamaan sendiri terdapat keragaman dalam kesatuan, maka dalam kebudayaan Islam sudah semestinya pula terdapat keragaman - Zia 'Gokalp (1875-1924)

Unity and Variety in Muslim Civilization

Kebudayaan mempunyai sifat-sifat khusus, nasional, sederhana, dan timbul dengan sendirinya - Zia 'Gokalp (1875-1924)

Unity and Variety in Muslim Civilization

Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to civil society.

Paul Ryan

We are in a mutually dependent society, called civilization, and government is the oil that keeps it running and the lifeblood that carries oxygen to the various parts of the civic body.

Jack Lessenberry

I hate paying taxes. But I love the civilization they give me

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.